Wooden Model Makers

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Ideal for those who love crafting detailed, precise wooden models and prototypes.
Contribute to innovative designs by shaping and refining wooden model structures.
Unique blend of artistry and technical skill in woodworking and model making.

💰 Earn $0-$0

📚 High School Diploma or GED

⏱️ 12–24 MONTH TRAINING

📈 -12.8% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.

Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
Read blueprints, drawings, or written specifications, and consult with designers to determine sizes and shapes of patterns and required machine setups.
Set up, operate, and adjust a variety of woodworking machines such as bandsaws and planers to cut and shape sections, parts, and patterns, according to specifications.
Fit, fasten, and assemble wood parts together to form patterns, models, or sections, using glue, nails, dowels, bolts, screws, and other fasteners.
Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.

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Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Job Openings

100 Annually

Median Earnings

$45,040 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Being creative or artistic
Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis

You value 🙏

Accomplishing things
Having support
Having freedom

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Wooden Model Makers

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Pathways to this Career

Learn about the education and training paths that can lead to this career — and what to expect from each one.

Associate's Degree

An associate's degree typically provides graduates with foundational knowledge and skills for entry-level jobs in the graduate's industry, or serves as a stepping stone towards further education.

🎓 College

⏱️ FINISH IN 2-3 years

Bachelor's Degree

A bachelor's degree typically results in increased knowledge about a variety of academic subjects, specialized knowledge in a focused field of study, and is considered the foundational qualification for many careers.

🎓 College

⏱️ FINISH IN 4-5+ years